pick🎧 Genuine. Great narrator. This is an annotated version of Just a Geek. All the acting drama you‘d ever want & berates his younger self for being edgey for the wrong reasons & apologizes profusely for his younger self‘s treatment of women.
I‘ve liked him just the way he is for a long time & mostly post-Wesley. He talks about life after walking away from acting, family life, new horizons, mental health, abuse in the industry, etc.
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so-soThis is the annotated version of Wheaton‘s memoir, Just a Geek, where Wheaton looks back at his 20-something year old self through the lens of experience and maturity.
I enjoyed learning about Wheaton and all his nerdiness and I understand much of the book was pulled from his blog posts, but the amount of repetition drove me up the wall.
Finished 9/16/2022
pickI‘ve read Just a Geek, so I originally hesitated about this one, thinking it might be too much. Wil has clearly been in a lot of therapy since then and he seems to be in a better place mentally now, which is great. This is a little overly long, but I like Wil, so I didn‘t mind. Be aware there‘s a lot here about child abuse (should we really have child actors at all?), but I think this would be validating for mental health sufferers.
I was going to start this audiobook today but it‘s 24 hours and I cannot make that commitment today. I think I‘ll return this and check it out another time.
#TooMuch #NotCommited
Day 4 of the new job: I‘m still making my way through Wil‘s audiobook. I think the job is going well, so far.
Continuing Dewey‘s this morning (I had to sleep last night once I hit being up almost 24 hrs) I listened to Still Just. Geek while working out! I love Wil Wheaton!
#JulyJam #GeekDay Wheatons books have had some love on Litsy , I haven‘t read them yet.I loved the long running Will Wheaton thread through Big Bang Theory !
Listening to Wil Wheaton passing the time in waiting room of my orthodontist office- Hope you‘re all having a great Saturday!
pickThe follow-up to Just a Geek, former child actor Will Wheaton from Star Trek: The Next Generation continues his journey into adulthood by sharing current and former blog posts, his experiences in the industry, his life now as a family man and all things nerdy and geeky. Included are anecdotes and his love for gaming and being a pop culture icon.
pickIt's amazing how little you can know about a person you have known about almost your entire life. This book was far more emotional than I expected. I did expect to be disappointed in myself for not having read the original version but I'm glad I didn't. My perception would have been altered negatively had I not also read current Wil's view. Damn him for making me think even better of him. WHEATON! #32-2022
Picked up Wil Wheaton's new book today and ready to curl up for some reading time this evening. #indiebookstoreday
so-soBook #27 for 2022. I got this because I like other books that Wil Wheaton has narrated & I love a good celebrity memoir. I would have found this very interesting since I don't know a lot about him. I realize that Just a Geek was written in a different time, using a vernacular that is out dated. Every time he used a word (ie lame) he made a HUGE deal & apologized for using it. He did this 27 times, he counted, it was overkill & distracting.
Tuesday Book Mail! The newly updated book from Wil Wheaton arrived today and it was signed to boot!!!
Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir | 
